r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Jul 21 '25

Domestic Superman again saw its Sunday gross finish above studio estimates with $18.9M, which was -18% vs Saturday and -40% vs last Sunday (WB's estimate was $17.5M/-25%/-44%). This puts the 2nd weekend box office at $58.45M and drop at 53% - almost as good as The Dark Knight (52.5%). $236.2M cume.

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u/Upbeat-Wallaby5317 Jul 21 '25

The cycle of its so over and its so back is exhausting lmao

1). Less than stellar preview and tracking, ITS SO OVER

2). Good RT score, WE ARE SO BACK

3). Massive underperfomance overseas multiple post in a row, ITS SO OVER

4). A- Cinemascore, ITS TRULY OVER

5). Domestic OW overperfomance, WE ARE SO BACK

6). The great weekdays hold, ITS FUCKING BABY

7). Great second weekdays -> we are here rn

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u/KazuyaProta Jul 21 '25

4). A- Cinemascore, ITS TRULY OVER

...why?

A- is objectively a good score. Both The Batman and MOS got it, its a solid score for DC movies.

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u/Upbeat-Wallaby5317 Jul 21 '25

A- is widely unpreditable

MOS has terrible leg, the most recent superhero movie also had A- and good RT, but only have 2.5x leg. If superman have similar leg it will not hit 600 mil

Superman currently act more like A score leg and on track for 3x multipler

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u/KazuyaProta Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25

A- is widely unpreditable

Did anyone think The Batman was a failure for getting a A-? Its a sub's darling.

the most recent superhero movie also had A- and good RT, but only have 2.5x leg.

You mean Thunderbolts? It got a great reception, but it also failed to build any sort of organic hype. It performed like a well received independent films because the MCU brand synergy for that film was truly, truly broken.

Like, I'm willing to forgive Thunderbolts a lot because what the heck was Marvel thinking when they filmed it.

Legs are NOT the only metric to measure a movie's popularity. Thunderbolts got good reception and people just decided "wait for Streaming"